What is the simple most destroyer of electronics, destroyer of most machines over time.

Heat is the single most destructive force in electronics, pushing the components to work harder beyond their capability.

By working harder the components uses more power and produces more heat.

Heat causes problems by

• changing the structure of the components
• which begins to resisting power going through the components
• the molecules in the components begin to move faster and crushing into each other much more often.
• this gives off heat and with too high temperature makes component unstable

The problem becomes, when you have large electronics boards, say x1000 components on a board, all working together will produce allot of heat.

This means average temperature for each component goes up and affects it’s neighbour components temperature.

The manufactures design the electronics to keep them cool by installing Heat-Sinks, this keeps the machine cool at a constant temperature and improves it’s life service.

Theoretically, anything that produces heat should have a Heat-Sink on it. The latest Heat-Sinks are super efficient, looking similar to turbine fans.

Check your computer for over heating when

• it crashes
• fan is loud and always on
• not responding fast enough or stops responding

Finally, Operating Systems such Linux run much more cooler because they are built efficiently to manage resources better, much more than say Microsoft Windows which uses more resources for the same jobs.

This means that let say you are on a trip, you’ll need your battery to last longer as you won’t have power available, then Linux will save you a run for your money because of how it’s designed and how it works with hardware.

Reference

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